Mendoza's Year in Review

Mendoza's Year in Review A selection of the College's noteworthy people, programs, research and events in 2021.

College News & Events

The Century Mark

The year 2021 marked Mendoza’s 100th Anniversary as the business school at Notre Dame. The occasion meant honoring the past while looking to the future, and celebrating the College’s mission of faith with a Centennial Mass.

Notre Dame accountancy conference focuses on sustainability and responsible investing

The Center for Accounting Research and Education (CARE) hosted a two-day virtual conference that brought together more than 70 academic and industry professionals to explore the changes that will be necessary to create the accounting framework for sustainability and responsible investing necessary moving forward.

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The Art of the Divine

Artist Vivian Imbruglia created icon “Our Lady of Sorrows” to commemorate the Mendoza College of Business’ 100th anniversary. The icon was blessed by University president Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., as part of a Centennial Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and permanently installed in St. Matthew Chapel in the Stayer Center.

In Memoriam: Frank Reilly

Frank K. Reilly, Martin J. Gillen Dean Emeritus and Bernard J. Hank Professor of Finance Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, died September 23.

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2020 Hindsight/Foresight

Mendoza researchers consider the lessons of the pandemic and the research questions yet to be answered.

A Targeted Approach

Early cancer detection can lead to better patient outcomes, yet low screening rates are a chronic problem. Can marketing offer a cure? Innovative research by associate marketing professor Yixing Chen explores the issue.

The Road Not Taken

New research by Jason Colquitt, the Franklin D. Schurz Professor in the Department of Management & Organization, suggests that half of all workers spend time thinking about alternative careers they might have chosen — with potentially devastating results for their productivity.

Idea Generation

How a business class is designing better futures for a girls’ school 8,400 miles away

Path to Purpose

A study by Ahmed Abbasi, the academic director of the Ph.D. Program in Analytics, and his co-researchers found that consumers take very different paths, using different online channels, depending on customer intent and the type of purchase they are making.

Students & Programs

Notre Dame’s business school launches two Ph.D. programs

Mendoza launched the Doctor of Philosophy in Management and the Doctor of Philosophy in Analytics. Both programs are accepting applications now for a fall 2022 matriculation. The aim of the programs is to develop a pipeline of future faculty members who share Mendoza’s mission to develop servant leaders.

Mendoza introduces two undergraduate honors programs

The Business Honors Program and the Research Honors Program in Business are designed to challenge the most gifted undergraduate Mendoza College of Business students with a rigorous, specialized course of study and programming.

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New residential MS in Finance program gets underway

The residential, one-year Master of Science in Finance started in June 2021. The aim of the 38-credit-hour program is to prepare students to meet the growing demand for professionals in the field of finance.

Reaching into the Margins

Students sometimes take winding paths to get to Notre Dame, and Allan Njomo’s (BBA ’22) was especially twisty, including periods of homelessness after his family moved to the U.S. from Kenya when he was a small child. Today, as the student body president, Njomo focuses on empowering others to feel that they have a voice.

Creating pathways to the C-suite for minorities and women

The new Diversity in Leadership — a collaboration between Marian University, Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business and several other Indiana universities — is designed to help close gaps in educational attainment, wealth, skills and career opportunities for minoritized groups and to provide a path to executive leadership and entrepreneurship.

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